move Firefox from Cleaner.py to CleanerML

[Andrew Ziem]

do not hardcode the cleaner

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

git e7baa23: Expose Mozilla URL history (places.sqlite) cleaner to CleanerML

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

Started in 1.1/1.2 but needs more work

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

Many of the Firefox rules apply to many base paths, which can also change when the profile directory changes, so the next step may be to extend CleanerML to support a "base path" variable which can be referenced in each ACTION element.

This would also simplify other cleaners, such as Google Chrome, which have almost redundant rules between Windows and Linux except for the base path.

[ROCKNROLLKID (slinger1410-deactivatedaccount)]

Can I just ask: what is the difference in having it at .py and having it at .ml? Is it really something that is necessarily needed to be done?

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

First, moving Firefox to CleanerML will make it easier to support Firefox-based web browsers.

Second, some enhancements to CleanerML itself will benefit other cleaners not related to Firefox.

Third, it would be consistent to have them all in CleanerML instead of Python---something I started doing long, long ago.

[ROCKNROLLKID (slinger1410-deactivatedaccount)]

Alright, then I will tag this as medium importance as it seems like something that should be done.

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

I would like not to delay the release of the improvements already made for BleachBit version 1.12